Tenth Ada Rodeo Sets Attendance Record
The Tenth Annual Ada Rodeo drew an unofficial five night crowd of 50 000 to 55 000, far above prior totals, with traffic control by Oklahoma Highway Patrol and Ada organizers reporting no major incidents. Everett Shaw won top money in steer roping while Dick Truitt led in total points and earned the All Around Cowboy title.
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Everett Shaw
Dick Truitt
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Rodeo Committee
Fairgrounds
Harvey Hawkins
Ardmore
Stonewall
Shaw
Truitt
Fred Lowry
Clark McIntyre
Simestone Gap
Bob Crosby
Roswell
N. M
Crosby
Ada
Cox
Stalin Seeks U.S. Friendship After Moscow Meeting
In Moscow General Eisenhower said Stalin expressed a paramount desire for friendship with the United States and its people. Eisenhower explained he halted troops near the Elbe by strategic design to press the southward break of Hitler’s defenses, not at Stalin’s request. He offered to present congress records of Red Army cooperation in Europe.
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Eisenhower
Stalin
Georgi Zhukov
Berlin
Moscow
Red Army
Zhukov
Germany
Leningrad
Soviet Union
Lenin
Red Square
John Eisenhower
U. S
W. Averell Harriman
J. Russell Deane
Eddie Gilmore
Ence
Stalin Eisenhower
Rive
Hitler
Elbe
Congress
Red Army High Command
Germans Execute 15 Americans In Uniform In Italy
Fifteen American soldiers of the OSS 2671st Special Reconnaissance Battalion were killed in a German raid near La Spezia and buried in a common grave near Genoa. Their bodies were later found after V E Day. Several German suspects have been detained for trial.
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Washington
Italy
Army
Genoa
la Spezia
Office of Strategic Service
2671St
Corsica
OPA pauses printing of 187 million new ration books
The Office of Price Administration halted production of 187,000,000 ration books for meats fats dairy and sugar and a new A gasoline book. Distribution had been planned for December but the stop hinges on sufficient stamps and wartime peace developments. Printing of most copies had not begun. plans would last 10 to 15 months.
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Washington
OPA
Japan
Great Britain Honors Nimitz With Grand Cross of Bath
Great Britain awarded American Fleet Admiral Nimitz the Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in a ceremony aboard the HMS Duke of York. Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser presented the gold five pointed star on behalf of King George for Nimitz Pacific leadership. The note ends with a separate editorial on citizenship and patriotism regarding German American Bundists.
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Morrie Landsberg
Duke OF New York
Great Britain
Nimitz
Order of the Bath
Pacific
Bruce Fraser
George
Gift of approval egg from Borneo tribe noted
A visitor welcomed by a Borneo tribe is given an egg as a sign of approval, while a renowned physician states that snake venom loses potency when exposed to ultraviolet light, a claim highlighting two contrasting ideas.
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Borneo
Missing in Action Harold Orton Todd
Mr and Mrs Ben H Todd of Busby Addition were notified that their son Carpenter's Mate 3c Harold Orton Todd has been missing in action since July 30. Before service in 1942 he worked with his father in Ada. His wife and two children live in California. Todd had been overseas eight months after enlisting.
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Ben H. Todd
Busby Addition
Harold Orton Todd
Todd
Ada
California
Nancy
Harold Lynn
UNRRA Conference Splits On Point
UNRRA talks in London among American British and Russian delegates failed to reach a solution on aid for displaced persons unable to return home. Poles Yugoslavs supported the Russian stance while a Polish draft offered possible compromise. Will Clayton urged temporary aid and non discrimination to aid fundraising.
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Alex Singleton
London
UNRRA
Poland
Yugoslavia
Will Clayton
Clayton
United States
Congress
George Rendel
When V J Day Observance Noted by Local Nazarene Church
The Nazarene church will open its doors for observers to pray for thanksgiving and for safety of those in service. Local stores will close in observance as an official V J Day announcement is made.
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The
Nazarene Church
Plastic Used in England Milk Bottles
In England, manufacturers are using plastic in the production of some milk bottles. The shift reflects broader changes in packaging and material costs as producers seek lightweight, durable containers for dairy products.
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England
Allied Fleets Idle as Carrier Planes Destroy 711 Enemies
Navy communique reports Thursday and Friday air strikes across northern Honshu and Kyushu destroying or damaging 711 enemy planes and 94 ships. Operations included burning Kumamoto and other targets, with losses and hits across Korea, China, and Southeast Asia.
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Marlin Spencer
Guam
Japan
Nimitz
Admiral Halsey
Smitz
Honshu
Yokohama
Mamurogawa
Okanazawa
Onagawa
Okachi Bay
Masuda
Iwaki
Koriyama
Matsushima
Shiagama
Far East Air Forces pound Kumamoto in largest raid
Manila dispatch reports more than 500 bombers and fighters hit Kumamoto in western Kyushu in a saturation raid, smoke rising 15,000 feet and visible for 200 miles. General MacArthur announced the raid as Japan discussed surrender. Kenney plans further attacks through Saturday with diverse aircraft.
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Kuyshu
Oita
Far East Air Forces
Kumamoto
James Hutcheson
Manila
Far East Air Force
Kyushu
MacArthur
George C. Kenney
Far East
Tokyo Radio
Kurume
Kayshu
Saturay
Kenney
Rescue Saga From Himalaya Jungle Tells of Air Crew Return
Ayoung US flyer Lt Albert A Arline describes a perilous Himalaya rescue after bailing from a heavy four engine bomber. He and Sgt Jasper Bailey Jr reach a Chinese village, then an English outpost after a grueling jungle trek assisted by local coolies and a British liaison.
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Yank Flyer
Himalaya Jungle
Harry Grayson
NEA
Chabua
Upper
Assam
India
Himalayas
China
Albert A. Arline
234Th Hospital
Arline
Royal Air Force
Pearl Harbor
Montgomery
Shreveport
Jane
Louisiana State
Arkansas
Jasper Bailey Jr
Cookville
Tenn
Bailey
Arlire
Soldier-Artist Gifts Oil Portrait Of Gen Barton
Major General Raymond O Barton receives a surprise oil portrait from soldier artist Pfc R Clyde Fatzinger at a luncheon in his honor at Ft McClellan Alabama. Fatzinger painted from a photo and his observations during a speech by Barton. Barton, former Fourth Infantry Division commander in Europe, was born in Granada Colorado and grew up in Ada Oklahoma.
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Raymond O. Barton
Infantry Replacement Training Center
Ft. McClellan
Ala
Pfc
R. Clyde Fatzinger
Fatzinger
Highview Avenue
Baltimore
Barton
Europe
Granada
Colo
Ada
Okla
Oklahoma Fruit Crops Forecast Rise in Peaches and Pears
Federal statistician K D Blood predicts 1945 Oklahoma yields strong for peaches 768000 bushels pears 188000 bushels and pecans 21150000 pounds with peanuts 127500000 pounds alfalfa hay about 726000 tons up eight percent from 1944.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
K. D. Blood
Blood
Task Force 38 Bombards Tokyo Coastal Airfields
Carrier planes of Task Force 38 hit Japanese coastal targets near Yokohama and Shimoda despite rough weather. Fighters and bombers attacked inland Kiryu and Nagano amid fog, with initial estimates of many planes destroyed on the ground and six Japanese planes shot down near the fleet.
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McCcain
Japan
Tokyo Arca
Yokohama
Shimoda
Sagami Bay
Kiryu
Nagano
Dates For School Schedules Given Out By Morrison
Ada public schools set to begin September 10 with Rex O. Morrison announcing a detailed schedule. Ada high and junior high offices open August 20, grade school offices August 27, grade enrollment August 29–31, preschool clinic August 23, and high junior high enrollment September 4–6.
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Ada Public Schools
Rex O. Morrison
Ada
Irving School
Thousands of Vets Return as Queen Elizabeth Leads Allied Ships
The Queen Elizabeth heads a flotilla bringing 16 000 plus veterans from Europe after Japan's surrender offer. Among 14 810 aboard are Eighth Air Force members with 1 085 Navy personnel, 443 Army nurses, 42 Red Cross staff, 36 civilians and 1 004 Netherlands marines. Other ships Br andon Victory 1 193 troops Joshua MacCosh 111 James MacCosh 111 John W Brown 419.
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New York
Europe
W.s
Eighth Air Force
U. S. Navy
Red Cross
Vincent Massey
London
Massey
Brandon Victory
Nicholas Gilman
James Mac Cosh
John W. Brown
Congress Eyes September 4 Return to Tackle Peace-Time Agenda
Congress will reconvene likely September 4 to address five wartime to peacetime transition measures. Key items include unemployment support up to 25 dollars weekly for 26 weeks, a single administrator for surplus war property, a full employment program potentially creating up to 60 million jobs, continuation or termination of remaining war agencies, and a broad government reorganization merging agencies.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
House
McCormack
Massachusetts
White House
New Oil Field Hints in Eastern Kingfisher County
Phillips Petroleum and Carter Oil report a promising Hunton lime wildcat at No 1 Jirick in CSW of 26-16N-5W showing oil and gas cut mud in a drill stem test. Nearby Nos 1 Has ley and 1 Hoffman wildcats also show activity, with Has ley testing gas in Bartlesville sand and Hoffman swabbing Hunton lime, amid surrounding wells on the same lease block.
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Kingfisher
Okla
Phillips Petroleum
Carter Oil Companies
Kingfisher County
Jirick
Hunton
Trrick
Schlumberger
Wildcat
No. 1
Hasley
Cashion
Phillips
Carter
Hoffman
Cne
Bublin
Logan County
West
Edmond
Cirrus Clouds Referred by Weather Proverb Phrase
The old saying "Mackerel scales and mares tails" uses a vivid image to describe cirrus cloud formations high in the sky. This proverb links celestial weather signs to future conditions and has appeared in maritime and folk weather lore.
Ada Officer Receives Honorable Discharge During War Follow-Up
Lt. Robert Gillette of Ada is among early officers to be discharged under the point system with 141 points after 38 months overseas. He served in the southwest Pacific and on Luzon with the Red Arrow division and recently returned home after a hospital stay at McCloskey General Hospital where he recovered and received the Purple Heart.
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Iit
Robert Gillette
Ada
Southwest Pacific
Australia
McCloskey General Hospital
Oral Irwin Returns From ETO Action
Oral H Irwin is back in the States and serves on a transport ship crew. The ship has been moving wounded soldiers from the Pacific and European theaters. He expects another trip soon and warns others not to judge his travels without his view.
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Oral H. Irwin
States
Bessie Irwin
Cpl. Irwin
Pacific
Pvt. Joe E. Kennedy Returning Home
Pvt. Joe E. Kennedy, back from two and a half years overseas with the 7th Division, is visiting sister Mrs. A. H. Hammons in Antlers. Attending are his wife and two Antlers relatives, sister Mrs. T. Booth of Drumright and brother Kenneth from Oklahoma City. Sister Mrs. Bess Hedge is expected from Chicago.
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Antelers
Joe E. Kennedy
7Th Division
A. H. Hammons
Hammons
T. Booth
Drumright
Kennedy
Oklahoma City
Bess Hedge
Chicago
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Mich
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Solomons
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T/S
J. N. Bailey
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